The effects of air pollution on kids "should have parents up in arms" to force changes in air pollution regulations, a reader said. Experts say children exposed to high air pollution levels can lose ...

As winter sets in, heavy smog continues to blanket large regions of North India. Delhi’s Air Quality Index has repeatedly hit hazardous levels over the past few months. This toxic atmosphere has been ...

Bulldozer activity involving coal at an open-air facility at the Port of Baltimore is closely linked to air pollutants in the adjacent neighborhood of Curtis Bay, according to a community-driven study ...

Of nearly 30,000 children studied, those in polluted areas were more likely to develop myopia Fine particles (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were most strongly linked to poor eyesight Primary ...

More than 131 million people live in places with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association's 2024 State of Air report. This is an increase of 11.7 million people from the ...

Millions of people across the United States have been advised to limit outdoors activity amid concerns over high air pollution levels. Air quality advisories have been issued on Tuesday for parts of ...

No amount of air pollution is good for the brain, but wildfires and the emissions resulting from agriculture and farming in particular may pose especially toxic threats to cognitive health, according ...